OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #14400717
SHELL WESTERN E & P, INC./BRYANS MILL PLANT
DOUGLASSVILLE, TX—
Event description
EMPLOYEES BURNED IN REFINERY FIRE
Investigation abstract
ON APRIL 22, 1985, A FLASH FIRE OCCURRED AT A GAS REFINERY. THREE EMPLOYEES WERE BURNED TWO DEATH AND TWO OTHERS WERE HOSPITALIZED WITH BURNS. FLAMMABLE LIQUID ESCAPED DURING THE REMOVAL OF A CONTROL VALVE IN THE PIPING SYSTEM. THE LIQUID W AS IGNITED, CAUSING THE FIRE WHICH BURNED THE EMPLOYEES.
Victims (5)
-
#1 Fatality Age 54 M
- Nature of injury
- 4
- Part of body
- 4
- Event type
- 14
- Source
- 9
- Occupation code
- 999
- Human factor
- 1
- Environmental factor
- 7
- Task assigned
- 1
-
#2 Fatality Age 62 M
- Nature of injury
- 4
- Part of body
- 4
- Event type
- 14
- Source
- 9
- Occupation code
- 999
- Human factor
- 1
- Environmental factor
- 7
- Task assigned
- 1
-
#3 Fatality Age 55 M
- Nature of injury
- 4
- Part of body
- 4
- Event type
- 14
- Source
- 9
- Occupation code
- 999
- Human factor
- 1
- Environmental factor
- 7
- Task assigned
- 1
-
#4 Hospitalized Age 28 M
- Nature of injury
- 4
- Part of body
- 4
- Event type
- 14
- Source
- 9
- Occupation code
- 999
- Human factor
- 1
- Environmental factor
- 7
- Task assigned
- 1
-
#5 Hospitalized Age 31 M
- Nature of injury
- 4
- Part of body
- 4
- Event type
- 14
- Source
- 9
- Occupation code
- 999
- Human factor
- 1
- Environmental factor
- 7
- Task assigned
- 1
Codes shown verbatim from OSHA's accident-investigation database. A human-readable decoder is coming in a future release once the accident_lookup2 dictionary is loaded.